Blog Posts in 2004
Posted on Sep 27, 2004 By The Los Angeles Times, Stuart Pfeifer
Counties across California are preparing for another election day, as determined as ever to convert from paper to electronic voting. But because of a series of blunders in the March primary, fewer ...
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Posted on Jul 31, 2004 By The Los Angeles Times, Patrick McGreevy
SACRAMENTO — A proposed constitutional amendment backed by lawmakers combined too many issues into one ballot measure and must be split into two items, a state appeals court said Friday. ...
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Posted on Jun 28, 2004 By The Los Angeles Times, Michael Hiltzik
One of the recurrent hallmarks of budget horse-trading in Sacramento helps explain why the state's finances are bound to become ever more complicated as the years go by: Whenever there exists an ...
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Posted on Jun 24, 2004 By The Los Angeles City Beat, Andrew Gumbel
RIVERSIDE – Late Monday, word came that Mischelle Townsend, Riverside County’s Registrar of Voters, had abruptly quit her job mid-term. She said she wanted to spend more time with her ...
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Posted on Jun 18, 2004 By The Los Angeles Times, Robert Salladay and Evan Halper
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday once again appealed to "the people" -- this time pressuring the California Legislature to pass a state budget and end what he said was "partisan ...
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Posted on Apr 13, 2004 By The Los Angeles Times, Times Staff Reports
Kevin S. Reed, who has filled in as general counsel for the Los Angeles Unified School District since officials fired their top lawyer 10 months ago, was appointed to the post on Monday. Reed, 40, an ...
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Posted on Feb 6, 2004 By The Los Angeles Times, Rob Fernas
Attorneys representing Westchester and ineligible player Amir Johnson have filed appeals to the California Interscholastic Federation state office in a last-ditch attempt to overturn City Section ...
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